Write compelling scenario intros with narrative techniques from games
Last year I embarked on a big journey. At the immature age of 50, I decided to start a PhD! It’s, to say the least, a very busy venture on Read More …
Category: Elearning Blog
On learning design, Moodle, Storyline and much more
Using Twine for complex video scenario design
For a recent scenario-based course in health care, my client was very keen to work with video scenarios. After a deep needs analysis, we established that the scenarios would provide Read More …
Constructing complex scenarios from learning objectives
Scenario- and story based courses are a powerful medium to immerse learners in situations where they can practice their skills. Writing engaging stories, with learner choices that encompass everything that Read More …
How to run a SME meeting with Cathy Moore’s action mapping model
Anyone who has run SME meetings using Cathy Moore’s action mapping model or plans to to so after reading her blog, will have discovered that it is the clearest of models, but Read More …
Can the learner journey be the learning outcome?
I was listening to a Game design podcast in the car this morning, the Game Design Round Table, and something was said that challenged my thinking around learning outcomes. A question was Read More …
A classification of game thinking in learning design
Reading Andrzej Marczewski’s (@daverage) excellent and very engaging book “Even Ninja Monkeys Like to Play” has made me analyse more deeply how we try (and succeed or fail) to enhance learning design with elements of Read More …
Can we break free of slide thinking in e-learning modules?
Corporate e-learning is moving along on a changing path. We see instructional designers trying to avoid information dumps, write up scenarios, work with action based models for design, and ditch storyboards for agile Read More …
Inner gamification techniques for elearning. Part 2: Telling a story
In a previous blog post I introduced the term ‘Inner gamification’ to indicate the use of game development features to enhance elearning that do not use ‘outer features’ like scores or Read More …
Inner gamification techniques for elearning. Part 1: onboarding the learner
‘Inner’ and ‘outer’ gamification? Just terms I came up with to describe my thoughts. Other people have probably invented better terminology, but it works for me. Let me clarify. Inner and outer Read More …
Why Jane Austen would have been a brilliant instructional designer
The art of storytelling is so much part of good instructional design, that it makes a lot of sense to seek brilliant examples across media, even if they are over 2 centuries old. Read More …